raffle

raffle1
noun
  1. a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize
    对奖式集资
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be raffled)offer (something) as a prize in such a draw
    （根据抽签）给奖
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a kind of dice game): from Old French, of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent
raffle2
noun
  1. [mass noun](dialect)rubbish; refuse
    (方)垃圾，废物
    the raffle of the yard below.
    下面院子里的垃圾。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'rabble, riff-raff'): perhaps from Old French ne rifle ne rafle 'nothing at all'
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